Influence of morphology and material properties on the range of motion of the costovertebral joint – a probabilistic finite element analysis

The rib cage stabilizes the human thoracic spine: An in vitro study using stepwise reduction of rib cage structures

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EUROSPINE 2016 FULL PAPER AWARD: Wire cerclage can restore the stability of the thoracic spine after median sternotomy: an in vitro study with entire rib cage specimens

(2016) Christian Liebsch et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Relationship between costovertebral joint kinematics and lung volume in supine humans

(2016) Benoît Beyer et al.   RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY

Effect of anatomical landmark perturbation on mean helical axis parameters of in vivo upper costovertebral joints

(2015) Benoît Beyer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

In vivo thorax 3D modelling from costovertebral joint complex kinematics

(2014) Benoît Beyer et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Geometric sensitivity of patient-specific finite element models of the spine to variability in user-selected anatomical landmarks

(2013) J.P. Little et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Effect of intercostal muscle and costovertebral joint material properties on human ribcage stiffness and kinematics

(2013) Matthew Kindig et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Geometry strongly influences the response of numerical models of the lumbar spine—A probabilistic finite element analysis

(2012) Frank Niemeyer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Biomechanical Contribution of the Rib Cage to Thoracic Stability

(2011) Leonardo B. C. Brasiliense et al.   SPINE

Biomechanical properties of the costovertebral joint

(2009) Sonia Duprey et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Development and Validation of Subject-Specific Finite Element Models for Blunt Trauma Study

(2008) Weixin Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME